Update of a cohort mortality study of workers exposed to methylene chloride employed at a plant producing cellulose triacetate film base

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 889-897

  Tomenson, John A ^a  

^a Causation Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Methylene chloride; Mortality study; Photographic film

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82555185547     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-011-0621-z     Document Type: Article

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